Improvement in curry-combs



UNITED STATES PATENT @rFIcE.

CHARLES A. HOTCHKISS, OF BRIDGEPOET, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN CURRY-COMBS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 170,857, dated December7, 1875 application filed October 23, 1875.

CASE B.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. HO'IOH- KIss, of Bridgeport, in thecounty of Fair.- field and State of Connecticut, have invented a new andvaluable Improvement in Curry- Combs; and 1 do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the constructionand operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawingsmaking a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon. v

Figure l of the drawing is a representation of a plan view of mycurry-comb, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional viewthereof.

The object of my invention is to improve curry-combs which are made ofmetal, by constructing the frame or back, the raised bail or handle, thethumb'rest, and the tang all entire or of one piece, whereby strength,durability, and cheapness are obtained, as will be obvious from thefollowing description.

In the annexed drawings, A designates a rectangular frame or back,constructed with extended knockers on its corners. B designates a bailor handle, which is bow-shaped, and designed, when used, to be graspedin the hand. At one end of the handle B is a thumbrest, a, which isprolonged to form a tang, C. This thumb-rest a is formed nearly on a vertical line with the side wall of the frame, as shown, and serves theoperator as a good purchase, while it also serves as a support for theside of the frame. All of these parts are formed entire, of malleableiron, atone process of casting. The end bars of frame A are perforatedto receive the rivets which secure the comb-plates D to the frame A.

The curry-comb above described can be used by grasping'thc handle B, orby grasping a wooden handle, E, into which the tang C is driven. Whenthe handle B is held the rest a will afford a good purchase for the tersPatent, is-

A curry-comb having frame A, handle B, thumb-rest a, and tang C formedof one piece, said thumb-rest being nearly on a vertical line with thewall of the frame, and said handle B being on the same line with tang C,sub stantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES A. HOTCHKISS.

Witnesses:

WALTER G. MASI, GEORGE E. UPHAM. I

What I claim, and desire to secure by Let

